Inspect Any package.json from the Terminal — Build a Query CLI

Inspect Any package.json from the Terminal — Build a Query CLI Every JavaScript developer spends time staring at package.json files. Whether you're auditing dependencies in a new project, checking what version of React you're running, or trying to figure out why your node_modules folder ballooned to 800 MB, you end up doing the same manual dance: open the file, scroll, squint, copy a package name, open npmjs.com, search, compare versions. What if a single CLI could do all of that — pretty-print fields, list dependencies, check for outdated packages against the npm registry, and even scan your node_modules size — right from the terminal? That's exactly what pkgjson-cli does. In this tutorial, I'll walk through how I built it and how each feature works under the hood. By the end, you'll have a solid understanding of how to query package.json programmatically and interact with the npm registry from Node.js. Why Build a package.json CLI? You might wonder: doesn't npm ls and npm outdated al